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/** * Assign a value to a property even if the object is freezed or if the property is not writable * Throw if the assignation fail ( for example if the property is non configurable write: false ) * */export const overwriteReadonlyProp = <T extends { [key: string]: any; }, K extends keyof T>( obj: T, propertyName: K, value: T[K]): T[K] => {
try {
obj[propertyName] = value;
} catch{ }
if (obj[propertyName] === value) { return value; }
let errorDefineProperty: Error | undefined = undefined;
const propertyDescriptor: PropertyDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, propertyName) || { "enumerable": true, "configurable": true };
if (!!propertyDescriptor.get) { throw new Error(`Probably a wrong ides to overwrite ${propertyName} getter`); }

try {
Object.defineProperty( obj, propertyName, { ...propertyDescriptor, value } );
} catch (error) {
errorDefineProperty = error as any;
}
if (obj[propertyName] !== value) { throw errorDefineProperty || new Error("Can't assign"); }
return value;
};